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DELPH Brass Band is marching its way into the national spotlight with a starring role in a television advert. The village was the setting for on-set revelry as camera crews...
Date Published 22/06/2011
The number of claims leading to home-possession orders issued in Oldham has been slashed by almost half in three years But Oldhamers still face one of the highest risks of...
A SPENDING cut affecting Oldham’s award-winning Messenger project is being reviewed by Labour councillors. The project was set up in 2007 to protect young girls at risk of...
FUND-RAISERS are hoping to staple down a Guinness World Record for the longest paper chain — totalling 60 miles. Tiny strips of paper will be linked together by...
Nine sets of twins at multiple-birth play group YOU’D BE forgiven for seeing double in these adorable snapshots of Oldham’s only multiple-birth play-group. Nine...
A CONTROVERSIAL licence has been granted to the Co-op to serve alcohol at a new store in Grotton. Despite 60 objection letters being lodged with the council, the company was...
‘Fresh details’ in hunt for Keith Bennett A NEW book on the Moors Murders could lead to the discovery of victim Keith Bennett’s body. Killers Ian Brady and...
‘Depressing’ report on under-19 admissions A REPORT has revealed East Oldham has among the highest number of alcohol and drugs-related hospital admissions in the...
A MUCH-LOVED pet cat has been shot in the leg by a heartless thug. Owners Gary and Lynne Bowskill, of Royton, have been left outraged at the vile act on poor Pippa. Vets...
100-year-old woman and boy, 4, attacked in shocking separate incidents A 100-YEAR-OLD woman and a four-year-old boy have been attacked in separate incidents in their own...
OLDHAM business Ultimate Products, which sources and designs household goods for more than 450 retailers, including Tesco, Marks and Spencer and Walmart, has been listed in the...
A specialist supplier of plastics and aluminium products has purchased new trading premises in Oldham. Plastics Direct Ltd has invested £1 million to purchase 20,000 sq...
Oldham President of Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Chief Executive of Web Applications UK. I recently found myself at the Bolton Lads’ and Girls’ Club,...
MILLS Hill Baptist Church holds a Celtic prayer morning from 9.30am to 10am on Mondays. An organ and keyboard club also meets at the church on the first Wednesday of every months...
A THREE-DAY blues festival opens in Diggle on Friday. It is the second event after a successful launch last year attracted music-lovers from all over the country. David Wood...
Vandal attack fails to spoil official launch ENERGETIC youngsters enjoyed an action-packed fun day to mark the grand opening of state-of-the-art sports facilities. Pupils...
SHAMELESS ATTACKS ON 100 AND 4-YEAR-OLDS GROTTON CO-OP LICENSING DECISION LATICS STEP UP 'KEEPER SEARCH ....there's more (click story)
RESIDENTS can attend the Failsworth and Hollinwood District Partnership tomorrow at Lyndhurst Primary School, Heron Street, Failsworth, from 7pm. ENJOY a Lakeland Legacy...
Date Published 21/06/2011
THE Olympics came early for one Oldham school as sporty students took over SportCity. Year 7 pupils from both campuses of Waterhead Academy took part in a school sports day with...
Students video a musical guide to revision STUDENTS have been working nine to five on an educational video aimed at getting their grades up. The creative short film shows...
The Every Life Matters campaign is out and about this week and took to the road with the Oldham Youth Bus yesterday. The project, created to emphasise the risks of careless...
THE sun shone on revellers in Alexandra Park at a free family fun day which tempted the crowds out to play. Go Oldham Unite is an annual event run in the park by Oldham...
OLDHAM’S traditional carnival moves from the town centre streets to its new home in Alexandra Park when the parade rolls into action on Sunday. The annual procession,...
Donkeys make welcome return to fun weekend the donkeys are on their way back back at High Crompton’s fun weekend by popular demand For a couple of years, organisers...
INTERNATIONAL rugby league star Chris Bridge took a break from training to help unveil a new coat of arms at Chadderton Wellbeing Centre. The 26-year-old half-back, who was...
Ex-servicemen joined the Mayor of Oldham, Councillor Richard Knowles, for the unfurling and raising of the Armed Forces Day flag at the civic centre yesterday to join the country...
LITTLE Ruby Jackson will see her artistic designs adorning posters across Oldham to accompany the borough’s Bloom and Grow entry. The six-year-old, a pupil at St...
A MASSIVE piece of art created by a host of primary school children has been unveiled in Hollinwood. The 147ft-long piece can been seen on the hoardings surrounding the...
Oldham’s schools and colleges will learn this month how much money they will have to help poorer teenagers to stay in education. The Young People’s Learning Agency...
POLICE found a milk tanker worth £35,000 — stolen in Cumbria — on land in Royton. They also discovered other stolen items on the land off Meek Street after a tracker device...
